⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twelve of twenty from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 2:00 · SAC 35-20 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q4 7:30 · SAC 95-67 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Damon Jones Technical Foul
Q2 9:52 · SAC 37-23 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney White missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:52 · SAC 37-23 DEN
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 18 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
